February 4
Geek events to celebrate on February 4: 1936 – Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. 1957 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), logs its 60,000th nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional Nautilus described in Jules Verne‘s novel “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”. 2004 – Facebook, a mainstream […]